Creation Museum head Ken Ham, right, speaks Tuesday during a debate on evolution with TV's 'Science Guy' Bill Nye, at the Creation Museum in Petersburg, Ky.

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Emily Cox

There was a debate last week that drew a lot of attention and conversation. I could have tuned in, but I didn't.

It was between Ken Ham, founder of the Creation Museum in Kentucky, and Bill Nye, better known as "The Science Guy," and centered on the question of the origin of our planet and our species - creation versus evolution.

Though I am a practicing Christian, I had no patience for this debate, which only rehashed the talking points on both sides. And I imagined that a majority of people who tuned in were looking forward to seeing Ken Ham put to shame by science. ...